New release v2.13.6 (#79315)

* Log `runme.sh` execution in integration tests (#79263)

* Log `runme.sh` execution in integration tests

This patch adds `set -x` where it's missing in the integration tests.
It also enables `pipefail` in `runme.sh` scripts that use pipes.

* Add a change note for PR #79263

(cherry picked from commit 6674c43edd)

* Delete a bad PR #79263 change note

(cherry picked from commit 9cfb3f73e8)

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

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+trigger:
+  batch: true
+  branches:
+    include:
+      - devel
+      - stable-*
+
+pr:
+  autoCancel: true
+  branches:
+    include:
+      - devel
+      - stable-*
+
+schedules:
+  - cron: 0 7 * * *
+    displayName: Nightly
+    always: true
+    branches:
+      include:
+        - devel
+        - stable-*
+
+variables:
+  - name: checkoutPath
+    value: ansible
+  - name: coverageBranches
+    value: devel
+  - name: entryPoint
+    value: test/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
+  - name: fetchDepth
+    value: 500
+
+resources:
+  containers:
+    - container: default
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:3.0.0
+
+pool: Standard
+
+stages:
+  - stage: Sanity
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
+            - test: 5
+  - stage: Units
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: units/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.5
+            - test: 3.6
+            - test: 3.7
+            - test: 3.8
+            - test: 3.9
+            - test: '3.10'
+  - stage: Windows
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Server {0}
+          testFormat: windows/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 2012
+            - test: 2012-R2
+            - test: 2016
+            - test: 2019
+            - test: 2022
+  - stage: Remote
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          targets:
+            - name: macOS 12.0
+              test: macos/12.0
+            - name: RHEL 7.9
+              test: rhel/7.9
+            - name: RHEL 8.5 py36
+              test: rhel/8.5@3.6
+            - name: RHEL 8.5 py38
+              test: rhel/8.5@3.8
+            - name: RHEL 9.0
+              test: rhel/9.0
+            - name: FreeBSD 12.3
+              test: freebsd/12.3
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.0
+              test: freebsd/13.0
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+            - 4
+            - 5
+  - stage: Docker
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Alpine 3
+              test: alpine3
+            - name: CentOS 7
+              test: centos7
+            - name: Fedora 34
+              test: fedora34
+            - name: Fedora 35
+              test: fedora35
+            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
+              test: opensuse15py2
+            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
+              test: opensuse15
+            - name: Ubuntu 18.04
+              test: ubuntu1804
+            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
+              test: ubuntu2004
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+            - 4
+            - 5
+  - stage: Galaxy
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: galaxy/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.8
+            - test: 3.9
+            - test: '3.10'
+  - stage: Generic
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: generic/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.8
+            - test: 3.9
+            - test: '3.10'
+  - stage: Incidental_Remote
+    displayName: Incidental Remote
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: i/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: RHEL 8.5 py36
+              test: rhel/8.5@3.6
+            - name: RHEL 8.5 py38
+              test: rhel/8.5@3.8
+  - stage: Incidental_Windows
+    displayName: Incidental Windows
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Server {0}
+          testFormat: i/windows/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 2012
+            - test: 2012-R2
+            - test: 2016
+            - test: 2019
+            - test: 2022
+  - stage: Incidental
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: i/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - name: IOS Python
+              test: ios/csr1000v/
+            - name: VyOS Python
+              test: vyos/1.1.8/
+            - name: AWS Python 2.7
+              test: aws/2.7
+            - name: AWS Python 3.6
+              test: aws/3.6
+            - name: Cloud Python
+              test: cloud/
+  - stage: Summary
+    condition: succeededOrFailed()
+    dependsOn:
+      - Sanity
+      - Units
+      - Windows
+      - Remote
+      - Docker
+      - Galaxy
+      - Generic
+      - Incidental_Remote
+      - Incidental_Windows
+      - Incidental
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/coverage.yml

.azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Aggregate code coverage results for later processing.
+
+set -o pipefail -eu
+
+agent_temp_directory="$1"
+
+PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
+
+mkdir "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/"
+
+options=(--venv --color -v)
+
+ansible-test coverage combine --group-by command --export "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/" "${options[@]}"
+
+if ansible-test coverage analyze targets generate --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # Only analyze coverage if the installed version of ansible-test supports it.
+    # Doing so allows this script to work unmodified for multiple Ansible versions.
+    ansible-test coverage analyze targets generate "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/coverage-analyze-targets.json" "${options[@]}"
+fi

.azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Combine coverage data from multiple jobs, keeping the data only from the most recent attempt from each job.
+Coverage artifacts must be named using the format: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) {StableUniqueNameForEachJob}"
+The recommended coverage artifact name format is: Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)
+Keep in mind that Azure Pipelines does not enforce unique job display names (only names).
+It is up to pipeline authors to avoid name collisions when deviating from the recommended format.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main program entry point."""
+    source_directory = sys.argv[1]
+
+    if '/ansible_collections/' in os.getcwd():
+        output_path = "tests/output"
+    else:
+        output_path = "test/results"
+
+    destination_directory = os.path.join(output_path, 'coverage')
+
+    if not os.path.exists(destination_directory):
+        os.makedirs(destination_directory)
+
+    jobs = {}
+    count = 0
+
+    for name in os.listdir(source_directory):
+        match = re.search('^Coverage (?P<attempt>[0-9]+) (?P<label>.+)$', name)
+        label = match.group('label')
+        attempt = int(match.group('attempt'))
+        jobs[label] = max(attempt, jobs.get(label, 0))
+
+    for label, attempt in jobs.items():
+        name = 'Coverage {attempt} {label}'.format(label=label, attempt=attempt)
+        source = os.path.join(source_directory, name)
+        source_files = os.listdir(source)
+
+        for source_file in source_files:
+            source_path = os.path.join(source, source_file)
+            destination_path = os.path.join(destination_directory, source_file + '.' + label)
+            print('"%s" -> "%s"' % (source_path, destination_path))
+            shutil.copyfile(source_path, destination_path)
+            count += 1
+
+    print('Coverage file count: %d' % count)
+    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=coverageFileCount]%d' % count)
+    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]%s' % output_path)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

.azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Check the test results and set variables for use in later steps.
+
+set -o pipefail -eu
+
+if [[ "$PWD" =~ /ansible_collections/ ]]; then
+    output_path="tests/output"
+else
+    output_path="test/results"
+fi
+
+echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]${output_path}"
+
+if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/junit/*.xml' > /dev/null; then
+    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveTestResults]true"
+fi
+
+if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/bot/ansible-test-*' > /dev/null; then
+    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveBotResults]true"
+fi
+
+if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/coverage/*' > /dev/null; then
+    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveCoverageData]true"
+fi

.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Upload code coverage reports to codecov.io.
+Multiple coverage files from multiple languages are accepted and aggregated after upload.
+Python coverage, as well as PowerShell and Python stubs can all be uploaded.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import dataclasses
+import pathlib
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import typing as t
+import urllib.request
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class CoverageFile:
+    name: str
+    path: pathlib.Path
+    flags: t.List[str]
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Args:
+    dry_run: bool
+    path: pathlib.Path
+
+
+def parse_args() -> Args:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('path', type=pathlib.Path)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Store arguments in a typed dataclass
+    fields = dataclasses.fields(Args)
+    kwargs = {field.name: getattr(args, field.name) for field in fields}
+
+    return Args(**kwargs)
+
+
+def process_files(directory: pathlib.Path) -> t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...]:
+    processed = []
+    for file in directory.joinpath('reports').glob('coverage*.xml'):
+        name = file.stem.replace('coverage=', '')
+
+        # Get flags from name
+        flags = name.replace('-powershell', '').split('=')  # Drop '-powershell' suffix
+        flags = [flag if not flag.startswith('stub') else flag.split('-')[0] for flag in flags]  # Remove "-01" from stub files
+
+        processed.append(CoverageFile(name, file, flags))
+
+    return tuple(processed)
+
+
+def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, files: t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...], dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
+    for file in files:
+        cmd = [
+            str(codecov_bin),
+            '--name', file.name,
+            '--file', str(file.path),
+        ]
+        for flag in file.flags:
+            cmd.extend(['--flags', flag])
+
+        if dry_run:
+            print(f'DRY-RUN: Would run command: {cmd}')
+            continue
+
+        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+
+
+def download_file(url: str, dest: pathlib.Path, flags: int, dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
+    if dry_run:
+        print(f'DRY-RUN: Would download {url} to {dest} and set mode to {flags:o}')
+        return
+
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as resp:
+        with dest.open('w+b') as f:
+            # Read data in chunks rather than all at once
+            shutil.copyfileobj(resp, f, 64 * 1024)
+
+    dest.chmod(flags)
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    url = 'https://ci-files.testing.ansible.com/codecov/linux/codecov'
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='codecov-') as tmpdir:
+        codecov_bin = pathlib.Path(tmpdir) / 'codecov'
+        download_file(url, codecov_bin, 0o755, args.dry_run)
+
+        files = process_files(args.path)
+        upload_files(codecov_bin, files, args.dry_run)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

.azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Generate code coverage reports for uploading to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
+
+set -o pipefail -eu
+
+PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
+
+if ! ansible-test --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # Install the devel version of ansible-test for generating code coverage reports.
+    # This is only used by Ansible Collections, which are typically tested against multiple Ansible versions (in separate jobs).
+    # Since a version of ansible-test is required that can work the output from multiple older releases, the devel version is used.
+    pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
+fi
+
+# Generate stubs using docker (if supported) otherwise fall back to using a virtual environment instead.
+# The use of docker is required when Powershell code is present, but Ansible 2.12 was the first version to support --docker with coverage.
+ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --docker --color -v || ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --venv --color -v

.azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Configure the test environment and run the tests.
+
+set -o pipefail -eu
+
+entry_point="$1"
+test="$2"
+read -r -a coverage_branches <<< "$3"  # space separated list of branches to run code coverage on for scheduled builds
+
+export COMMIT_MESSAGE
+export COMPLETE
+export COVERAGE
+export IS_PULL_REQUEST
+
+if [ "${SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_TARGETBRANCH:-}" ]; then
+    IS_PULL_REQUEST=true
+    COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 HEAD^2)
+else
+    IS_PULL_REQUEST=
+    COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 HEAD)
+fi
+
+COMPLETE=
+COVERAGE=
+
+if [ "${BUILD_REASON}" = "Schedule" ]; then
+    COMPLETE=yes
+
+    if printf '%s\n' "${coverage_branches[@]}" | grep -q "^${BUILD_SOURCEBRANCHNAME}$"; then
+        COVERAGE=yes
+    fi
+fi
+
+"${entry_point}" "${test}" 2>&1 | "$(dirname "$0")/time-command.py"

.azure-pipelines/scripts/time-command.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Prepends a relative timestamp to each input line from stdin and writes it to stdout."""
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import sys
+import time
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main program entry point."""
+    start = time.time()
+
+    sys.stdin.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
+    sys.stdout.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
+
+    for line in sys.stdin:
+        seconds = time.time() - start
+        sys.stdout.write('%02d:%02d %s' % (seconds // 60, seconds % 60, line))
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml

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+# This template adds a job for processing code coverage data.
+# It will upload results to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
+# Use it from a job stage that completes after all other jobs have completed.
+# This can be done by placing it in a separate summary stage that runs after the test stage(s) have completed.
+
+jobs:
+  - job: Coverage
+    displayName: Code Coverage
+    container: default
+    workspace:
+      clean: all
+    steps:
+      - checkout: self
+        fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
+        path: $(checkoutPath)
+      - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
+        displayName: Download Coverage Data
+        inputs:
+          path: coverage/
+          patterns: "Coverage */*=coverage.combined"
+      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py coverage/
+        displayName: Combine Coverage Data
+      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh
+        displayName: Generate Coverage Report
+        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
+      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py "$(outputPath)"
+        displayName: Publish to codecov.io
+        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
+        continueOnError: true

.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml

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+# This template uses the provided targets and optional groups to generate a matrix which is then passed to the test template.
+# If this matrix template does not provide the required functionality, consider using the test template directly instead.
+
+parameters:
+  # A required list of dictionaries, one per test target.
+  # Each item in the list must contain a "test" or "name" key.
+  # Both may be provided. If one is omitted, the other will be used.
+  - name: targets
+    type: object
+
+  # An optional list of values which will be used to multiply the targets list into a matrix.
+  # Values can be strings or numbers.
+  - name: groups
+    type: object
+    default: []
+
+  # An optional format string used to generate the job name.
+  # - {0} is the name of an item in the targets list.
+  - name: nameFormat
+    type: string
+    default: "{0}"
+
+  # An optional format string used to generate the test name.
+  # - {0} is the name of an item in the targets list.
+  - name: testFormat
+    type: string
+    default: "{0}"
+
+  # An optional format string used to add the group to the job name.
+  # {0} is the formatted name of an item in the targets list.
+  # {{1}} is the group -- be sure to include the double "{{" and "}}".
+  - name: nameGroupFormat
+    type: string
+    default: "{0} - {{1}}"
+
+  # An optional format string used to add the group to the test name.
+  # {0} is the formatted test of an item in the targets list.
+  # {{1}} is the group -- be sure to include the double "{{" and "}}".
+  - name: testGroupFormat
+    type: string
+    default: "{0}/{{1}}"
+
+jobs:
+  - template: test.yml
+    parameters:
+      jobs:
+        - ${{ if eq(length(parameters.groups), 0) }}:
+          - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
+            - name: ${{ format(parameters.nameFormat, coalesce(target.name, target.test)) }}
+              test: ${{ format(parameters.testFormat, coalesce(target.test, target.name)) }}
+        - ${{ if not(eq(length(parameters.groups), 0)) }}:
+          - ${{ each group in parameters.groups }}:
+            - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
+              - name: ${{ format(format(parameters.nameGroupFormat, parameters.nameFormat), coalesce(target.name, target.test), group) }}
+                test: ${{ format(format(parameters.testGroupFormat, parameters.testFormat), coalesce(target.test, target.name), group) }}

.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml

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+# This template uses the provided list of jobs to create test one or more test jobs.
+# It can be used directly if needed, or through the matrix template.
+
+parameters:
+  # A required list of dictionaries, one per test job.
+  # Each item in the list must contain a "job" and "name" key.
+  - name: jobs
+    type: object
+
+jobs:
+  - ${{ each job in parameters.jobs }}:
+    - job: test_${{ replace(replace(replace(replace(job.test, '/', '_'), '.', '_'), '-', '_'), '@', '_') }}
+      displayName: ${{ job.name }}
+      container: default
+      workspace:
+        clean: all
+      steps:
+        - checkout: self
+          fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
+          path: $(checkoutPath)
+        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh "$(entryPoint)" "${{ job.test }}" "$(coverageBranches)"
+          displayName: Run Tests
+        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh
+          condition: succeededOrFailed()
+          displayName: Process Results
+        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh "$(Agent.TempDirectory)"
+          condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
+          displayName: Aggregate Coverage Data
+        - task: PublishTestResults@2
+          condition: eq(variables.haveTestResults, 'true')
+          inputs:
+            testResultsFiles: "$(outputPath)/junit/*.xml"
+          displayName: Publish Test Results
+        - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
+          condition: eq(variables.haveBotResults, 'true')
+          displayName: Publish Bot Results
+          inputs:
+            targetPath: "$(outputPath)/bot/"
+            artifactName: "Bot $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"
+        - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
+          condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
+          displayName: Publish Coverage Data
+          inputs:
+            targetPath: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/coverage/"
+            artifactName: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"

.gitattributes

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.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

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----
-name: 🐛 Bug report
-about: Create a report to help us improve
----
-<!--- Verify first that your issue is not already reported on GitHub -->
-<!--- Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too -->
-<!--- Complete *all* sections as described, this form is processed automatically -->
-
-##### SUMMARY
-<!--- Explain the problem briefly below -->
-
-##### ISSUE TYPE
-- Bug Report
-
-##### COMPONENT NAME
-<!--- Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below, use your best guess if unsure -->
-
-##### ANSIBLE VERSION
-<!--- Paste verbatim output from "ansible --version" between quotes -->
-```paste below
-
-```
-
-##### CONFIGURATION
-<!--- Paste verbatim output from "ansible-config dump --only-changed" between quotes -->
-```paste below
-
-```
-
-##### OS / ENVIRONMENT
-<!--- Provide all relevant information below, e.g. target OS versions, network device firmware, etc. -->
-
-
-##### STEPS TO REPRODUCE
-<!--- Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case -->
-
-<!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
-```yaml
-
-```
-
-<!--- HINT: You can paste gist.github.com links for larger files -->
-
-##### EXPECTED RESULTS
-<!--- Describe what you expected to happen when running the steps above -->
-
-
-##### ACTUAL RESULTS
-<!--- Describe what actually happened. If possible run with extra verbosity (-vvvv) -->
-
-<!--- Paste verbatim command output between quotes -->
-```paste below
-
-```

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

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+---
+name: 🐛 Bug report
+description: Create a report to help us improve
+
+body:
+- type: markdown
+  attributes:
+    value: >
+      **Thank you for wanting to report a bug in ansible-core!**
+
+
+      ⚠
+      Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on
+      GitHub][issue search] and keep in mind that we may have to keep
+      the current behavior because [every change breaks someone's
+      workflow][XKCD 1172].
+      We try to be mindful about this.
+
+      Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
+
+
+      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please consider
+      [starting a mailing list thread or chatting in IRC][ML||IRC].
+
+
+
+      [ML||IRC]:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--bug_report.yml#mailing-list-information
+
+      [issue search]: ../search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+
+      [XKCD 1172]: https://xkcd.com/1172/
+
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Summary
+    description: Explain the problem briefly below.
+    placeholder: >-
+      When I try to do X with ansible-core from the devel branch on GitHub, Y
+      breaks in a way Z under the env E. Here are all the details I know
+      about this problem...
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: dropdown
+  attributes:
+    label: Issue Type
+    description: >
+      Please select the single available option in the drop-down.
+
+      <details>
+        <summary>
+          <em>Why?</em>
+        </summary>
+
+        We would do it by ourselves but unfortunatelly, the curent
+        edition of GitHub Issue Forms Alpha does not support this yet 🤷
+
+
+        _We will make it easier in the future, once GitHub
+        supports dropdown defaults. Promise!_
+
+      </details>
+    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+    options:
+    - Bug Report
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: input
+  attributes:
+    label: Component Name
+    description: >
+      Write the short name of the rst file, module, plugin, task or
+      feature below, *use your best guess if unsure*.
+
+
+      **Tip:** Cannot find it in this repository? Please be advised that
+      the source for some parts of the documentation are hosted outside
+      of this repository. If the page you are reporting describes
+      modules/plugins/etc that are not officially supported by the
+      Ansible Core Engineering team, there is a good chance that it is
+      coming from one of the [Ansible Collections maintained by the
+      community][collections org]. If this is the case, please make sure
+      to file an issue under the appropriate project there instead.
+
+
+      [collections org]: /ansible-collections
+    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Ansible Version
+    description: >-
+      Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` below, under
+      the prompt line. Please don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
+      whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
+    render: console
+    value: |
+      $ ansible --version
+    placeholder: |
+      $ ansible --version
+      ansible [core 2.11.0b4.post0]  (detached HEAD ref: refs/) last updated 2021/04/02 00:33:35 (GMT +200)
+        config file = None
+        configured module search path = ['~/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
+        ansible python module location = ~/src/github/ansible/ansible/lib/ansible
+        ansible collection location = ~/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
+        executable location = bin/ansible
+        python version = 3.9.0 (default, Oct 26 2020, 13:08:59) [GCC 10.2.0]
+        jinja version = 2.11.3
+        libyaml = True
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Configuration
+    description: >-
+      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed`
+      below, under the prompt line.
+      Please don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
+      whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
+    render: console
+    value: |
+      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
+    placeholder: |
+      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
+      DEFAULT_GATHERING(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = smart
+      DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['~/src/github/ansible/ansible/hosts']
+      DEFAULT_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ~/src/github/ansible/ansible/vault/print-password.sh
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: OS / Environment
+    description: >-
+      Provide all relevant information below, e.g. target OS versions,
+      network device firmware, etc.
+    placeholder: RHEL 8, CentOS Stream etc.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Steps to Reproduce
+    description: |
+      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also pased any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
+
+      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+    value: |
+      <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
+      ```yaml (paste below)
+
+      ```
+    placeholder: |
+      1. Implement the following playbook:
+
+         ```yaml
+         ---
+         # ping.yml
+         - hosts: all
+           gather_facts: false
+           tasks:
+           - ping:
+         ...
+         ```
+      2. Then run `ANSIBLE_DEBUG=1 ansible-playbook ping.yml -vvvvv`
+      3. An error occurs.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Expected Results
+    description: >-
+      Describe what you expected to happen when running the steps above.
+    placeholder: >-
+      I expected X to happen because I assumed Y and was shocked
+      that it did not.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Actual Results
+    description: |
+      Describe what actually happened. If possible run with extra verbosity (`-vvvv`).
+
+      Paste verbatim command output and don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
+      whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
+    render: console
+    placeholder: >-
+      Certificate did not match expected hostname: files.pythonhosted.org. Certificate: {'notAfter': 'Apr 28 19:20:25 2021 GMT', 'subjectAltName': ((u'DNS', 'r.ssl.fastly.net'), (u'DNS', '*.catchpoint.com'), (u'DNS', '*.cnn.io'), (u'DNS', '*.dollarshaveclub.com'), (u'DNS', '*.eater.com'), (u'DNS', '*.fastly.picmonkey.com'), (u'DNS', '*.files.saymedia-content.com'), (u'DNS', '*.ft.com'), (u'DNS', '*.meetupstatic.com'), (u'DNS', '*.nfl.com'), (u'DNS', '*.pagar.me'), (u'DNS', '*.picmonkey.com'), (u'DNS', '*.realself.com'), (u'DNS', '*.sbnation.com'), (u'DNS', '*.shakr.com'), (u'DNS', '*.streamable.com'), (u'DNS', '*.surfly.com'), (u'DNS', '*.theverge.com'), (u'DNS', '*.thrillist.com'), (u'DNS', '*.vox-cdn.com'), (u'DNS', '*.vox.com'), (u'DNS', '*.voxmedia.com'), (u'DNS', 'eater.com'), (u'DNS', 'ft.com'), (u'DNS', 'i.gse.io'), (u'DNS', 'picmonkey.com'), (u'DNS', 'realself.com'), (u'DNS', 'static.wixstatic.com'), (u'DNS', 'streamable.com'), (u'DNS', 'surfly.com'), (u'DNS', 'theverge.com'), (u'DNS', 'vox-cdn.com'), (u'DNS', 'vox.com'), (u'DNS', 'www.joyent.com')), 'subject': ((('countryName', u'US'),), (('stateOrProvinceName', u'California'),), (('localityName', u'San Francisco'),), (('organizationName', u'Fastly, Inc'),), (('commonName', u'r.ssl.fastly.net'),))}
+      Exception:
+      Traceback (most recent call last):
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
+          status = self.run(options, args)
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 335, in run
+          wb.build(autobuilding=True)
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 749, in build
+          self.requirement_set.prepare_files(self.finder)
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 380, in prepare_files
+          ignore_dependencies=self.ignore_dependencies))
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 620, in _prepare_file
+          session=self.session, hashes=hashes)
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 821, in unpack_url
+          hashes=hashes
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 659, in unpack_http_url
+          hashes)
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 853, in _download_http_url
+          stream=True,
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/requests/sessions.py", line 521, in get
+          return self.request('GET', url, **kwargs)
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 386, in request
+          return super(PipSession, self).request(method, url, *args, **kwargs)
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/requests/sessions.py", line 508, in request
+          resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/requests/sessions.py", line 618, in send
+          r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/cachecontrol/adapter.py", line 47, in send
+          resp = super(CacheControlAdapter, self).send(request, **kw)
+        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/requests/adapters.py", line 506, in send
+          raise SSLError(e, request=request)
+      SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='files.pythonhosted.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /packages/ef/ab/aa12712415809bf698e719b307419f953e25344e8f42d557533d7a02b276/netapp_lib-2020.7.16-py2-none-any.whl (Caused by SSLError(CertificateError("hostname 'files.pythonhosted.org' doesn't match either of 'r.ssl.fastly.net', '*.catchpoint.com', '*.cnn.io', '*.dollarshaveclub.com', '*.eater.com', '*.fastly.picmonkey.com', '*.files.saymedia-content.com', '*.ft.com', '*.meetupstatic.com', '*.nfl.com', '*.pagar.me', '*.picmonkey.com', '*.realself.com', '*.sbnation.com', '*.shakr.com', '*.streamable.com', '*.surfly.com', '*.theverge.com', '*.thrillist.com', '*.vox-cdn.com', '*.vox.com', '*.voxmedia.com', 'eater.com', 'ft.com', 'i.gse.io', 'picmonkey.com', 'realself.com', 'static.wixstatic.com', 'streamable.com', 'surfly.com', 'theverge.com', 'vox-cdn.com', 'vox.com', 'www.joyent.com'",),))
+      ERROR: Command "/usr/bin/python2.6 /root/ansible/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/quiet_pip.py install --disable-pip-version-check -r /root/ansible/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/units.txt -r tests/unit/requirements.txt -c /root/ansible/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/constraints.txt" returned exit status 2.
+      ERROR: Command "docker exec d47eb360db4ce779c1f690db964655b76e68895c4360ff252c46fe7fe6f5c75a /usr/bin/env ANSIBLE_TEST_CONTENT_ROOT=/root/ansible_collections/netapp/ontap LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python3.6 /root/ansible/bin/ansible-test units --metadata tests/output/.tmp/metadata-9i2qfrcl.json --truncate 200 --redact --color yes --requirements --python default --requirements-mode only" returned exit status 1.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+
+- type: markdown
+  attributes:
+    value: >
+      *One last thing...*
+
+
+      *Please, complete **all** sections as described, this form
+      is [processed automatically by a robot][ansibot help].*
+
+
+      Thank you for your collaboration!
+
+
+      [ansibot help]:
+      /ansible/ansibullbot/blob/master/ISSUE_HELP.md#for-issue-submitters
+
+
+- type: checkboxes
+  attributes:
+    label: Code of Conduct
+    description: |
+      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct][CoC] first.
+
+      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--bug_report.yml
+    options:
+    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+      required: true
+...

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Ref: https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser
-blank_issues_enabled: true  # default
+blank_issues_enabled: false  # default: true
 contact_links:
 - name: 🔐 Security bug report 🔥
   url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ contact_links:
   about: Please ask and answer usage questions here
 - name: ⚡ Working groups
   url: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki
-  about: Interedted in improving a specific area? Become a part of a working group!
+  about: Interested in improving a specific area? Become a part of a working group!
 - name: 💼 For Enterprise
   url: https://www.ansible.com/products/engine?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
-  about: Red Hat offers supported builds of Ansible Engine
+  about: Red Hat offers support for the Ansible Automation Platform

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.md

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
----
-name: 📝 Documentation Report
-about: Ask us about docs
----
-<!--- Verify first that your improvement is not already reported on GitHub -->
-<!--- Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too -->
-<!--- Complete *all* sections as described, this form is processed automatically -->
-
-##### SUMMARY
-<!--- Explain the problem briefly below, add suggestions to wording or structure -->
-
-<!--- HINT: Did you know the documentation has an "Edit on GitHub" link on every page ? -->
-
-##### ISSUE TYPE
-- Documentation Report
-
-##### COMPONENT NAME
-<!--- Write the short name of the rst file, module, plugin, task or feature below, use your best guess if unsure -->
-
-##### ANSIBLE VERSION
-<!--- Paste verbatim output from "ansible --version" between quotes -->
-```paste below
-
-```
-
-##### CONFIGURATION
-<!--- Paste verbatim output from "ansible-config dump --only-changed" between quotes -->
-```paste below
-
-```
-
-##### OS / ENVIRONMENT
-<!--- Provide all relevant information below, e.g. OS version, browser, etc. -->
-
-##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-<!--- Describe how this improves the documentation, e.g. before/after situation or screenshots -->
-
-<!--- HINT: You can paste gist.github.com links for larger files -->

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+---
+name: 📝 Documentation Report
+description: Ask us about docs
+
+body:
+- type: markdown
+  attributes:
+    value: >
+      **Thank you for wanting to report a problem with ansible-core
+      documentation!**
+
+
+      Please fill out your suggestions below. If the problem seems
+      straightforward, feel free to go ahead and
+      [submit a pull request] instead!
+
+
+      ⚠
+      Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on
+      GitHub][issue search].
+
+      Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
+
+
+      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please consider
+      [starting a mailing list thread or chatting in IRC][ML||IRC].
+
+
+      [ML||IRC]:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--documentation_report.yml#mailing-list-information
+
+      [issue search]: ../search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+
+      [submit a pull request]:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/documentation_contributions.html
+
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Summary
+    description: >
+      Explain the problem briefly below, add suggestions to wording
+      or structure.
+
+
+      **HINT:** Did you know the documentation has a `View on GitHub`
+      link on some pages? Feel free to use it to start a pull request
+      right from the GitHub UI!
+    placeholder: >-
+      I was reading the ansible-core documentation of version X and I'm having
+      problems understanding Y. It would be very helpful if that got
+      rephrased as Z.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: dropdown
+  attributes:
+    label: Issue Type
+    description: >
+      Please select the single available option in the drop-down.
+
+      <details>
+        <summary>
+          <em>Why?</em>
+        </summary>
+
+        We would do it by ourselves but unfortunatelly, the curent
+        edition of GitHub Issue Forms Alpha does not support this yet 🤷
+
+
+        _We will make it easier in the future, once GitHub
+        supports dropdown defaults. Promise!_
+
+      </details>
+    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+    options:
+    - Documentation Report
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: input
+  attributes:
+    label: Component Name
+    description: >
+      Write the short name of the rst file, module, plugin, task or
+      feature below, *use your best guess if unsure*.
+
+
+      **Tip:** Be advised that the source for some parts of the
+      documentation are hosted outside of this repository. If the page
+      you are reporting describes modules/plugins/etc that are not
+      officially supported by the Ansible Core Engineering team, there
+      is a good chance that it is coming from one of the [Ansible
+      Collections maintained by the community][collections org]. If this
+      is the case, please make sure to file an issue under the
+      appropriate project there instead.
+
+
+      [collections org]: /ansible-collections
+    placeholder: docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/debugging.rst
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Ansible Version
+    description: >-
+      Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` below, under
+      the prompt line. Please don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
+      whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
+    render: console
+    value: |
+      $ ansible --version
+    placeholder: |
+      $ ansible --version
+      ansible [core 2.11.0b4.post0]  (detached HEAD ref: refs/) last updated 2021/04/02 00:33:35 (GMT +200)
+        config file = None
+        configured module search path = ['~/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
+        ansible python module location = ~/src/github/ansible/ansible/lib/ansible
+        ansible collection location = ~/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
+        executable location = bin/ansible
+        python version = 3.9.0 (default, Oct 26 2020, 13:08:59) [GCC 10.2.0]
+        jinja version = 2.11.3
+        libyaml = True
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Configuration
+    description: >-
+      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed`
+      below, under the prompt line.
+      Please don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
+      whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
+    render: console
+    value: |
+      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
+    placeholder: |
+      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
+      DEFAULT_GATHERING(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = smart
+      DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['~/src/github/ansible/ansible/hosts']
+      DEFAULT_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ~/src/github/ansible/ansible/vault/print-password.sh
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: OS / Environment
+    description: >-
+      Provide all relevant information below, e.g. OS version,
+      browser, etc.
+    placeholder: Fedora 33, Firefox etc.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Additional Information
+    description: |
+      Describe how this improves the documentation, e.g. before/after situation or screenshots.
+
+      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+    placeholder: >-
+      When the improvement is applied, it makes it more straightforward
+      to understand X.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+
+- type: markdown
+  attributes:
+    value: >
+      *One last thing...*
+
+
+      *Please, complete **all** sections as described, this form
+      is [processed automatically by a robot][ansibot help].*
+
+
+      Thank you for your collaboration!
+
+
+      [ansibot help]:
+      /ansible/ansibullbot/blob/master/ISSUE_HELP.md#for-issue-submitters
+
+
+- type: checkboxes
+  attributes:
+    label: Code of Conduct
+    description: |
+      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct][CoC] first.
+
+      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--documentation_report.yml
+    options:
+    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+      required: true
+...

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
----
-name: ✨ Feature request
-about: Suggest an idea for this project
----
-<!--- Verify first that your feature was not already discussed on GitHub -->
-<!--- Complete *all* sections as described, this form is processed automatically -->
-
-##### SUMMARY
-<!--- Describe the new feature/improvement briefly below -->
-
-##### ISSUE TYPE
-- Feature Idea
-
-##### COMPONENT NAME
-<!--- Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below, use your best guess if unsure -->
-
-##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-<!--- Describe how the feature would be used, why it is needed and what it would solve -->
-
-<!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
-```yaml
-
-```
-
-<!--- HINT: You can also paste gist.github.com links for larger files -->

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+---
+name: ✨ Feature request
+description: Suggest an idea for this project
+
+body:
+- type: markdown
+  attributes:
+    value: >
+      **Thank you for wanting to suggest a feature for ansible-core!**
+
+
+
+      💡
+      Before you go ahead with your request, please first consider if it
+      would be useful for majority of the ansible-core users. As a
+      general rule of thumb, any feature that is only of interest to a
+      small sub group should be [implemented in a third-party Ansible
+      Collection][contribute to collections] or maybe even just your
+      project alone. Be mindful of the fact that the essential
+      ansible-core features have a broad impact.
+
+      If unsure, consider filing a [new proposal] instead outlining your
+      use-cases, the research and implementation considerations. Then,
+      start a discussion on one of the public [IRC meetings] we have just
+      for this.
+
+
+      <details>
+        <summary>
+          ❗ Every change breaks someone's workflow.
+        </summary>
+
+
+        [![❗ Every change breaks someone's workflow.
+        ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/workflow.png)
+        ](https://xkcd.com/1172/)
+      </details>
+
+
+      ⚠
+      Verify first that your idea is not [already requested on
+      GitHub][issue search].
+
+      Also test if the devel branch does not already implement this.
+
+
+      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please consider
+      [starting a mailing list thread or chatting in IRC][ML||IRC].
+
+
+
+      [contribute to collections]:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/contributing_maintained_collections.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml
+
+      [IRC meetings]:
+        https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml#irc-meetings
+
+      [issue search]: ../search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+
+      [ML||IRC]:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml#mailing-list-information
+
+      [new proposal]: ../../proposals/issues/new
+
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Summary
+    description: >
+      Describe the new feature/improvement you would like briefly below.
+
+
+      What's the problem this feature will solve?
+
+      What are you trying to do, that you are unable to achieve
+      with ansible-core as it currently stands?
+
+
+      * Provide examples of real-world use cases that this would enable
+      and how it solves the problem you described.
+
+      * How do you solve this now?
+
+      * Have you tried to work around the problem using other tools?
+
+      * Could there be a different approach to solving this issue?
+
+
+      *Know **exactly** what you want?* Consider filing a [new proposal]
+      instead outlining your research and implementation considerations.
+
+
+      [new proposal]: ../../proposals/issues/new
+    placeholder: >-
+      I am trying to do X with ansible-core from the devel branch on GitHub and
+      I think that implementing a feature Y would be very helpful for me and
+      every other user of ansible-core because of Z.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: dropdown
+  attributes:
+    label: Issue Type
+    description: >
+      Please select the single available option in the drop-down.
+
+      <details>
+        <summary>
+          <em>Why?</em>
+        </summary>
+
+        We would do it by ourselves but unfortunatelly, the curent
+        edition of GitHub Issue Forms Alpha does not support this yet 🤷
+
+
+        _We will make it easier in the future, once GitHub
+        supports dropdown defaults. Promise!_
+
+      </details>
+    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+    options:
+    - Feature Idea
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: input
+  attributes:
+    label: Component Name
+    description: >
+      Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
+      *use your best guess if unsure*.
+
+
+      Be aware that a lot of content that used to reside in this repository
+      previously, is now hosted under [individual collection
+      projects][collections org].
+      If this is the case, please make sure to file an issue under the
+      appropriate project there instead.
+
+
+      [collections org]: /ansible-collections
+    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Additional Information
+    description: |
+      Describe how the feature would be used, why it is needed and what it would solve.
+
+      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+    value: |
+      <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
+      ```yaml (paste below)
+
+      ```
+    placeholder: >-
+      I asked on https://stackoverflow.com/.... and the community
+      advised me to do X, Y and Z.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
+
+- type: markdown
+  attributes:
+    value: >
+      *One last thing...*
+
+
+      *Please, complete **all** sections as described, this form
+      is [processed automatically by a robot][ansibot help].*
+
+
+      Thank you for your collaboration!
+
+
+      [ansibot help]:
+      /ansible/ansibullbot/blob/master/ISSUE_HELP.md#for-issue-submitters
+
+
+- type: checkboxes
+  attributes:
+    label: Code of Conduct
+    description: |
+      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct][CoC] first.
+
+      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml
+    options:
+    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+      required: true
+...

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 - Bugfix Pull Request
 - Docs Pull Request
 - Feature Pull Request
-- New Module Pull Request
+- Test Pull Request
 
 ##### COMPONENT NAME
 <!--- Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below -->

.github/RELEASE_NAMES.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ---
+- 2.13.0  Nobody's Fault but Mine
+- 2.12.0  Dazed and Confused
+- 2.11.0  Hey Hey, What Can I Do
 - 2.10.0  When the Levee Breaks
 - 2.9.0   Immigrant Song
 - 2.8.0   How Many More Times

.gitignore

@@ -32,11 +32,17 @@ docs/man/man3/*
 docs/docsite/_build
 docs/docsite/*.html
 docs/docsite/htmlout
+docs/docsite/rst/conf.py
+docs/docsite/rst/index.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/cli/ansible-*.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/cli/ansible.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/collections_galaxy_meta.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/index.rst.new
+docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/index.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/modules/*.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/collections/*.rst
+!docs/docsite/rst/collections/all_plugins.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/collections/*/*.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_directives.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/plugins_by_category.rst
 docs/docsite/rst/plugins/*/*.rst
@@ -47,12 +53,10 @@ docs/docsite/searchindex.js
 docs/docsite/_static/*.gif
 docs/docsite/_static/*.png
 docs/docsite/_static/websupport.js
-# deb building stuff...
-/debian/
-deb-build
 # Vim swap files
 *.swp
 *.swo
+[._]*.un~
 credentials.yml
 # test output
 *.retry
@@ -77,7 +81,12 @@ Vagrantfile
 /lib/ansible.egg-info/
 # First used in the `devel` branch during Ansible 2.10 development.
 /lib/ansible_base.egg-info/
-/shippable/
+# First used in the `devel` branch during Ansible 2.11 development.
+/lib/ansible_core.egg-info/
+# vendored lib dir
+lib/ansible/_vendor/*
+!lib/ansible/_vendor/__init__.py
+# test stuff
 /test/integration/cloud-config-*.*
 !/test/integration/cloud-config-*.*.template
 .python-version

MANIFEST.in

@@ -2,15 +2,23 @@ include README.rst
 include COPYING
 include SYMLINK_CACHE.json
 include requirements.txt
-include shippable.yml
 recursive-include docs *
+include docs/docsite/rst/collections/all_plugins.rst
 exclude docs/docsite/rst_warnings
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/conf.py
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/index.rst
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/index.rst
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/bin-symlinks.rst
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/botmeta.rst
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/integration-aliases.rst
+exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/release-names.rst
 recursive-exclude docs/docsite/_build *
 recursive-exclude docs/docsite/_extensions *.pyc *.pyo
 include examples/hosts
 include examples/ansible.cfg
 include examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1
 include examples/scripts/upgrade_to_ps3.ps1
+include lib/ansible/keyword_desc.yml
 recursive-include lib/ansible/executor/powershell *.ps1
 recursive-include lib/ansible/module_utils/csharp *.cs
 recursive-include lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell *.psm1
@@ -21,16 +29,23 @@ recursive-include licenses *.txt
 recursive-include packaging *
 recursive-include test/ansible_test *.py Makefile
 recursive-include test/integration *
-recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/config *.template
-recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_data *.cfg *.ini *.json *.ps1 *.psd1 *.py *.sh *.txt *.yml coveragerc inventory
-recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_data/injector ansible ansible-config ansible-connection ansible-console ansible-doc ansible-galaxy ansible-playbook ansible-pull ansible-test ansible-vault pytest
-recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_data/sanity/validate-modules validate-modules
-recursive-include test/sanity *.json *.py *.txt
+recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/config *.yml *.template
+recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_data *.cfg *.in *.ini *.ps1 *.txt *.yml coveragerc
+recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_util *.cfg *.ini *.json *.ps1 *.psd1 *.py *.sh *.txt *.yml
+recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules validate-modules
+recursive-include test/sanity *.in *.json *.py *.txt
 recursive-include test/support *.py *.ps1 *.psm1 *.cs
 exclude test/sanity/code-smell/botmeta.*
+exclude test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.*
+exclude test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/bin_symlinks.py
+exclude test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/integration_aliases.py
 recursive-include test/units *
 include Makefile
 include MANIFEST.in
 include changelogs/CHANGELOG*.rst
+include changelogs/changelog.yaml
 recursive-include hacking/build_library *.py
 include hacking/build-ansible.py
+include hacking/test-module.py
+include hacking/update-sanity-requirements.py
+include bin/*

Makefile

@@ -4,17 +4,13 @@
 #
 # useful targets:
 #   make clean ---------------- clean up
-#   make webdocs -------------- produce ansible doc at docs/docsite/_build/html
 #   make sdist ---------------- produce a tarball
-#   make deb-src -------------- produce a DEB source
-#   make deb ------------------ produce a DEB
-#   make docs ----------------- rebuild the manpages (results are checked in)
 #   make tests ---------------- run the tests (see https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/testing_units.html for requirements)
 
 ########################################################
 # variable section
 
-NAME = ansible-base
+NAME = ansible-core
 OS = $(shell uname -s)
 PREFIX ?= '/usr/local'
 SDIST_DIR ?= 'dist'
@@ -30,7 +26,7 @@ else
 ASCII2MAN = @echo "ERROR: rst2man from docutils command is not installed but is required to build $(MANPAGES)" && exit 1
 endif
 
-PYTHON=python
+PYTHON ?= python
 GENERATE_CLI = hacking/build-ansible.py generate-man
 
 # fetch version from project release.py as single source-of-truth
@@ -39,55 +35,6 @@ ifeq ($(findstring error,$(VERSION)), error)
 $(error "version_helper failed")
 endif
 
-# Get the branch information from git
-ifneq ($(shell which git),)
-GIT_DATE := $(shell git log -n 1 --format="%ci")
-GIT_HASH := $(shell git log -n 1 --format="%h")
-GIT_BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | sed 's/[-_.\/]//g')
-GITINFO = .$(GIT_HASH).$(GIT_BRANCH)
-else
-GITINFO = ""
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(shell echo $(OS) | egrep -c 'Darwin|FreeBSD|OpenBSD|DragonFly'),1)
-DATE := $(shell date -j -r $(shell git log -n 1 --format="%ct") +%Y%m%d%H%M)
-CPUS ?= $(shell sysctl hw.ncpu|awk '{print $$2}')
-else
-DATE := $(shell date --utc --date="$(GIT_DATE)" +%Y%m%d%H%M)
-CPUS ?= $(shell nproc)
-endif
-
-# DEB build parameters
-DEBUILD_BIN ?= debuild
-DEBUILD_OPTS = --source-option="-I"
-DPUT_BIN ?= dput
-DPUT_OPTS ?=
-DEB_DATE := $(shell LC_TIME=C date +"%a, %d %b %Y %T %z")
-DEB_VERSION ?= $(shell $(PYTHON) packaging/release/versionhelper/version_helper.py --debversion)
-ifeq ($(OFFICIAL),yes)
-    DEB_RELEASE ?= $(shell $(PYTHON) packaging/release/versionhelper/version_helper.py --debrelease)ppa
-    # Sign OFFICIAL builds using 'DEBSIGN_KEYID'
-    # DEBSIGN_KEYID is required when signing
-    ifneq ($(DEBSIGN_KEYID),)
-        DEBUILD_OPTS += -k$(DEBSIGN_KEYID)
-    endif
-else
-    DEB_RELEASE ?= 100.git$(DATE)$(GITINFO)
-    # Do not sign unofficial builds
-    DEBUILD_OPTS += -uc -us
-    DPUT_OPTS += -u
-endif
-DEBUILD = $(DEBUILD_BIN) $(DEBUILD_OPTS)
-DEB_PPA ?= ppa
-# Choose the desired Ubuntu release: lucid precise saucy trusty
-DEB_DIST ?= unstable
-
-# pbuilder parameters
-PBUILDER_ARCH ?= amd64
-PBUILDER_CACHE_DIR = /var/cache/pbuilder
-PBUILDER_BIN ?= pbuilder
-PBUILDER_OPTS ?= --debootstrapopts --variant=buildd --architecture $(PBUILDER_ARCH) --debbuildopts -b
-
 # ansible-test parameters
 ANSIBLE_TEST ?= bin/ansible-test
 TEST_FLAGS ?=
@@ -147,15 +94,13 @@ clean:
 	rm -f ./docs/man/man1/*
 	@echo "Cleaning up output from test runs"
 	rm -rf test/test_data
-	rm -rf shippable/
 	rm -rf logs/
 	rm -rf .cache/
 	rm -f test/units/.coverage*
 	rm -rf test/results/*/*
 	find test/ -type f -name '*.retry' -delete
-	@echo "Cleaning up Debian building stuff"
-	rm -rf debian
-	rm -rf deb-build
+	@echo "Cleaning up symlink cache"
+	rm -f SYMLINK_CACHE.json
 	rm -rf docs/json
 	rm -rf docs/js
 	@echo "Cleaning up docsite"
@@ -197,92 +142,13 @@ sdist_upload: clean docs
 changelog:
 	PYTHONPATH=./lib antsibull-changelog release -vv --use-ansible-doc && PYTHONPATH=./lib antsibull-changelog generate -vv --use-ansible-doc
 
-.PHONY: debian
-debian: sdist
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    mkdir -p deb-build/$${DIST} ; \
-	    tar -C deb-build/$${DIST} -xvf dist/$(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz ; \
-	    cp -a packaging/debian deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/ ; \
-        sed -ie "s|%VERSION%|$(DEB_VERSION)|g;s|%RELEASE%|$(DEB_RELEASE)|;s|%DIST%|$${DIST}|g;s|%DATE%|$(DEB_DATE)|g" deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/debian/changelog ; \
-	done
-
-.PHONY: deb
-deb: deb-src
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    PBUILDER_OPTS="$(PBUILDER_OPTS) --distribution $${DIST} --basetgz $(PBUILDER_CACHE_DIR)/$${DIST}-$(PBUILDER_ARCH)-base.tgz --buildresult $(CURDIR)/deb-build/$${DIST}" ; \
-	    $(PBUILDER_BIN) create $${PBUILDER_OPTS} --othermirror "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $${DIST} universe" ; \
-	    $(PBUILDER_BIN) update $${PBUILDER_OPTS} ; \
-	    $(PBUILDER_BIN) build $${PBUILDER_OPTS} deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}.dsc ; \
-	done
-	@echo "#############################################"
-	@echo "Ansible DEB artifacts:"
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    echo deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_amd64.changes ; \
-	done
-	@echo "#############################################"
-
-# Build package outside of pbuilder, with locally installed dependencies.
-# Install BuildRequires as noted in packaging/debian/control.
-.PHONY: local_deb
-local_deb: debian
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    (cd deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/ && $(DEBUILD) -b) ; \
-	done
-	@echo "#############################################"
-	@echo "Ansible DEB artifacts:"
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    echo deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_amd64.changes ; \
-	done
-	@echo "#############################################"
-
-.PHONY: deb-src
-deb-src: debian
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    (cd deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/ && $(DEBUILD) -S) ; \
-	done
-	@echo "#############################################"
-	@echo "Ansible DEB artifacts:"
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    echo deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_source.changes ; \
-	done
-	@echo "#############################################"
-
-.PHONY: deb-upload
-deb-upload: deb
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    $(DPUT_BIN) $(DPUT_OPTS) $(DEB_PPA) deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_amd64.changes ; \
-	done
-
-.PHONY: deb-src-upload
-deb-src-upload: deb-src
-	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
-	    $(DPUT_BIN) $(DPUT_OPTS) $(DEB_PPA) deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_source.changes ; \
-	done
-
-.PHONY: epub
-epub:
-	(cd docs/docsite/; CPUS=$(CPUS) $(MAKE) epub)
-
-# for arch or gentoo, read instructions in the appropriate 'packaging' subdirectory directory
-.PHONY: webdocs
-webdocs:
-	(cd docs/docsite/; CPUS=$(CPUS) $(MAKE) docs)
-
-.PHONY: linkcheckdocs
-linkcheckdocs:
-	(cd docs/docsite/; CPUS=$(CPUS) $(MAKE) linkcheckdocs)
-
 .PHONY: generate_rst
 generate_rst: lib/ansible/cli/*.py
 	mkdir -p ./docs/man/man1/ ; \
-	PYTHONPATH=./lib $(GENERATE_CLI) --template-file=docs/templates/man.j2 --output-dir=docs/man/man1/ --output-format man lib/ansible/cli/*.py
-
+	$(PYTHON) $(GENERATE_CLI) --template-file=docs/templates/man.j2 --output-dir=docs/man/man1/ --output-format man lib/ansible/cli/*.py
 
 docs: generate_rst
 	$(MAKE) $(MANPAGES)
 
-.PHONY: alldocs
-alldocs: docs webdocs
-
 version:
 	@echo $(VERSION)

README.rst

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-|PyPI version| |Docs badge| |Chat badge| |Build Status| |Code Of Conduct| |Mailing Lists| |License|
+|PyPI version| |Docs badge| |Chat badge| |Build Status| |Code Of Conduct| |Mailing Lists| |License| |CII Best Practices|
 
 *******
 Ansible
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ Ansible
 Ansible is a radically simple IT automation system. It handles
 configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning,
 ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. Ansible makes complex
-changes like zero-downtime rolling updates with load balancers easy. More information on `the Ansible website <https://ansible.com/>`_.
+changes like zero-downtime rolling updates with load balancers easy. More information on the Ansible `website <https://ansible.com/>`_.
 
 Design Principles
 =================
 
-*  Have a dead simple setup process and a minimal learning curve.
-*  Manage machines very quickly and in parallel.
+*  Have an extremely simple setup process with a minimal learning curve.
+*  Manage machines quickly and in parallel.
 *  Avoid custom-agents and additional open ports, be agentless by
    leveraging the existing SSH daemon.
 *  Describe infrastructure in a language that is both machine and human
@@ -28,13 +28,10 @@ Design Principles
 Use Ansible
 ===========
 
-You can install a released version of Ansible via ``pip``, a package manager, or
-our `release repository <https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/>`_. See our
+You can install a released version of Ansible with ``pip`` or a package manager. See our
 `installation guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html>`_ for details on installing Ansible
 on a variety of platforms.
 
-Red Hat offers supported builds of `Ansible Engine <https://www.ansible.com/ansible-engine>`_.
-
 Power users and developers can run the ``devel`` branch, which has the latest
 features and fixes, directly. Although it is reasonably stable, you are more likely to encounter
 breaking changes when running the ``devel`` branch. We recommend getting involved
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ Get Involved
 *  Submit a proposed code update through a pull request to the ``devel`` branch.
 *  Talk to us before making larger changes
    to avoid duplicate efforts. This not only helps everyone
-   know what is going on, it also helps save time and effort if we decide
+   know what is going on, but it also helps save time and effort if we decide
    some changes are needed.
 *  For a list of email lists, IRC channels and Working Groups, see the
    `Communication page <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html>`_
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ Coding Guidelines
 We document our Coding Guidelines in the `Developer Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/>`_. We particularly suggest you review:
 
 * `Contributing your module to Ansible <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_checklist.html>`_
-* `Conventions, tips and pitfalls <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.html>`_
+* `Conventions, tips, and pitfalls <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.html>`_
 
 Branch Info
 ===========
@@ -72,7 +69,7 @@ Branch Info
 *  The ``devel`` branch corresponds to the release actively under development.
 *  The ``stable-2.X`` branches correspond to stable releases.
 *  Create a branch based on ``devel`` and set up a `dev environment <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_modules_general.html#common-environment-setup>`_ if you want to open a PR.
-*  See the `Ansible release and maintenance <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html>`_ page for information about active branches.
+*  See the `Ansible release and maintenance <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html>`_ page for information about active branches.
 
 Roadmap
 =======
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ Authors
 =======
 
 Ansible was created by `Michael DeHaan <https://github.com/mpdehaan>`_
-and has contributions from over 4700 users (and growing). Thanks everyone!
+and has contributions from over 5000 users (and growing). Thanks everyone!
 
 `Ansible <https://www.ansible.com>`_ is sponsored by `Red Hat, Inc.
 <https://www.redhat.com>`_
@@ -96,12 +93,12 @@ GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
 
 See `COPYING <COPYING>`_ to see the full text.
 
-.. |PyPI version| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ansible.svg
-   :target: https://pypi.org/project/ansible
+.. |PyPI version| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ansible-core.svg
+   :target: https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core
 .. |Docs badge| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-brightgreen.svg
    :target: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/
-.. |Build Status| image:: https://api.shippable.com/projects/573f79d02a8192902e20e34b/badge?branch=devel
-   :target: https://app.shippable.com/projects/573f79d02a8192902e20e34b
+.. |Build Status| image:: https://dev.azure.com/ansible/ansible/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=devel
+   :target: https://dev.azure.com/ansible/ansible/_build/latest?definitionId=20&branchName=devel
 .. |Chat badge| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-IRC-brightgreen.svg
    :target: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html
 .. |Code Of Conduct| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20of%20conduct-Ansible-silver.svg
@@ -113,3 +110,6 @@ See `COPYING <COPYING>`_ to see the full text.
 .. |License| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL%20v3.0-brightgreen.svg
    :target: COPYING
    :alt: Repository License
+.. |CII Best Practices| image:: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/2372/badge
+   :target: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/2372
+   :alt: Ansible CII Best Practices certification

bin/ansible

@@ -1 +1 @@
-../lib/ansible/cli/scripts/ansible_cli_stub.py
+../lib/ansible/cli/adhoc.py

bin/ansible-config

@@ -1 +1 @@
-ansible
+../lib/ansible/cli/config.py

bin/ansible-console

@@ -1 +1 @@
-ansible
+../lib/ansible/cli/console.py

bin/ansible-doc

@@ -1 +1 @@
-ansible
+../lib/ansible/cli/doc.py

bin/ansible-galaxy

@@ -1 +1 @@
-ansible
+../lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py

bin/ansible-inventory

@@ -1 +1 @@
-ansible
+../lib/ansible/cli/inventory.py

bin/ansible-playbook

@@ -1 +1 @@
-ansible
+../lib/ansible/cli/playbook.py

bin/ansible-pull

@@ -1 +1 @@
-ansible
+../lib/ansible/cli/pull.py

bin/ansible-test

@@ -1 +1 @@
-../test/lib/ansible_test/_data/cli/ansible_test_cli_stub.py
+../test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/cli/ansible_test_cli_stub.py

bin/ansible-vault

@@ -1 +1 @@
-ansible
+../lib/ansible/cli/vault.py

changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.13.rst

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+=========================================================
+ansible-core 2.13 "Nobody's Fault but Mine" Release Notes
+=========================================================
+
+.. contents:: Topics
+
+
+v2.13.6
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-11-07
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ansible-test - Improve consistency of version specific documentation links.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- BSD network facts - Do not assume column indexes, look for ``netmask`` and ``broadcast`` for determining the correct columns when parsing ``inet`` line (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79117)
+- ansible-galaxy - make initial call to Galaxy server on-demand only when installing, getting info about, and listing roles.
+- ansible-test - Add ``wheel < 0.38.0`` constraint for Python 3.6 and earlier.
+- ansible-test - Fix broken documentation link for ``aws`` test plugin error messages.
+- copy module will no longer move 'non files' set as src when remote_src=true.
+- file lookup now handles missing files more gracefully.
+- service_facts - Use python re to parse service output instead of grep (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78541)
+- updated error messages to include 'acl' and not just mode changes when failing to set required permissions on remote.
+
+v2.13.5
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-10-10
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ``ansible-galaxy`` - remove extra server api call during dependency resolution for requirements and dependencies that are already satisfied (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77443).
+- ansible-test - Allow disabled, unsupported, unstable and destructive integration test targets to be selected using their respective prefixes.
+- ansible-test - Allow unstable tests to run when targeted changes are made and the ``--allow-unstable-changed`` option is specified (resolves https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74213).
+- apt - Fix module failure when a package is not installed and only_upgrade=True. Skip that package and check the remaining requested packages for upgrades. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78762)
+- apt module should not traceback on invalid type given as package. issue 78663.
+- known_hosts - do not return changed status when a non-existing key is removed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78598)
+- paramiko - Add back support for ``ssh_args``, ``ssh_common_args``, and ``ssh_extra_args`` for parsing the ``ProxyCommand`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78750)
+- plugin loader, fix detection for existing configuration before initializing for a plugin
+
+v2.13.4
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-09-12
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix for network_cli not getting all relevant connection options
+- ansible-galaxy - Fix detection of ``--role-file`` in arguments for implicit role invocation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78204)
+- ansible-galaxy - Fix exit codes for role search and delete (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78516)
+- ansible-test - Fix change detection for ansible-test's own integration tests.
+- ansible-test - ansible-doc sanity test - Correctly determine the fully-qualified collection name for plugins in subdirectories, resolving https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78490.
+- apt - don't actually update the cache in check mode with update_cache=true.
+- apt - don't mark existing packages as manually installed in check mode (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66413).
+- apt - fix package selection to include /etc/apt/preferences(.d) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77969)
+- urls - Guard imports of ``urllib3`` by catching ``Exception`` instead of ``ImportError`` to prevent exceptions in the import process of optional dependencies from preventing use of ``urls.py`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78648)
+- wait_for - Read file and perform comparisons using bytes to avoid decode errors (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78214)
+
+v2.13.3
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-08-15
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Avoid 'unreachable' error when chmod on AIX has 255 as return code.
+- Fix PluginLoader to mimic Python import machinery by adding module to sys.modules before exec
+- Fix dnf module documentation to indicate that comparison operators for package version require spaces around them (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78295)
+- ansible-connection - decrypt vaulted parameters before sending over the socket, as vault secrets are not available on the other side.
+- ansible-galaxy - Fix reinitializing the whole collection directory with ``ansible-galaxy collection init ns.coll --force``. Now directories and files that are not included in the collection skeleton will be removed.
+- ansible-galaxy - do not require mandatory keys in the ``galaxy.yml`` of source collections when listing them (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70180).
+- ansible-galaxy - fix listing collections that contains metadata but the namespace or name are not strings.
+- ansible-galaxy - fix setting the cache for paginated responses from Galaxy NG/AH (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77911).
+- ansible-test - Delegation for commands which generate output for programmatic consumption no longer redirect all output to stdout. The affected commands and options are ``shell``, ``sanity --lint``, ``sanity --list-tests``, ``integration --list-targets``, ``coverage analyze``
+- ansible-test - Delegation now properly handles arguments given after ``--`` on the command line.
+- ansible-test - Test configuration for collections is now parsed only once, prior to delegation. Fixes issue: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78334
+- ansible-test - The ``shell`` command no longer redirects all output to stdout when running a provided command. Any command output written to stderr will be mixed with the stderr output from ansible-test.
+- ansible-test - The ``shell`` command no longer requests a TTY when using delegation unless an interactive shell is being used. An interactive shell is the default behavior when no command is given to pass to the shell.
+- dnf - fix output parsing on systems with ``LANGUAGE`` set to a language other than English (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78193)
+- if a config setting prevents running ansible it should at least show it's "origin".
+- prevent type annotation shim failures from causing runtime failures (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77860)
+- template module/lookup - fix ``convert_data`` option that was effectively always set to True for Jinja macros (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78141)
+- uri - properly use uri parameter use_proxy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58632)
+- yum - fix traceback when ``releasever`` is specified with ``latest`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78058)
+
+v2.13.2
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-07-18
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ansible-test - An improved error message is shown when the download of a pip bootstrap script fails. The download now uses ``urllib2`` instead of ``urllib`` on Python 2.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Move undefined check from concat to finalize (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78156)
+- ansible-doc - no longer list module and plugin aliases that are created with symlinks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78137).
+- ansible-doc - when listing modules in collections, proceed recursively. This fixes module listing for community.general 5.x.y and community.network 4.x.y (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78137).
+- ansible-doc will not add 'website for' in ":ref:" substitutions as it made them confusing.
+- file backed cache plugins now handle concurrent access by making atomic updates to the files.
+- password lookup does not ignore k=v arguments anymore.
+- user - Fix error "Permission denied" in user module while generating SSH keys (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78017).
+
+v2.13.1
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-06-20
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Add an 'action_plugin' field for modules in runtime.yml plugin_routing.
+
+  This fixes module_defaults by supporting modules-as-redirected-actions
+  without redirecting module_defaults entries to the common action.
+
+  .. code: yaml
+
+     plugin_routing:
+       action:
+         facts:
+           redirect: ns.coll.eos
+         command:
+           redirect: ns.coll.eos
+       modules:
+         facts:
+           redirect: ns.coll.eos_facts
+         command:
+           redirect: ns.coll.eos_command
+
+  With the runtime.yml above for ns.coll, a task such as
+
+  .. code: yaml
+
+     - hosts: all
+       module_defaults:
+         ns.coll.eos_facts: {'valid_for_eos_facts': 'value'}
+         ns.coll.eos_command: {'not_valid_for_eos_facts': 'value'}
+       tasks:
+         - ns.coll.facts:
+
+  will end up with defaults for eos_facts and eos_command
+  since both modules redirect to the same action.
+
+  To select an action plugin for a module without merging
+  module_defaults, define an action_plugin field for the resolved
+  module in the runtime.yml.
+
+  .. code: yaml
+
+     plugin_routing:
+       modules:
+         facts:
+           redirect: ns.coll.eos_facts
+           action_plugin: ns.coll.eos
+         command:
+           redirect: ns.coll.eos_command
+           action_plugin: ns.coll.eos
+
+  The action_plugin field can be a redirected action plugin, as
+  it is resolved normally.
+
+  Using the modified runtime.yml, the example task will only use
+  the ns.coll.eos_facts defaults.
+- ansible-galaxy - Support resolvelib versions 0.6.x, 0.7.x, and 0.8.x. The full range of supported versions is now >= 0.5.3, < 0.9.0.
+- ansible-test - Add RHEL 9.0 remote support.
+- ansible-test - Add support for Ubuntu VMs using the ``--remote`` option.
+- ansible-test - Add support for exporting inventory with ``ansible-test shell --export {path}``.
+- ansible-test - Add support for multi-arch remotes.
+- ansible-test - Add support for running non-interactive commands with ``ansible-test shell``.
+- ansible-test - Avoid using the ``mock_use_standalone_module`` setting for unit tests running on Python 3.8 or later.
+- ansible-test - Blocking mode is now enforced for stdin, stdout and stderr. If any of these are non-blocking then ansible-test will exit during startup with an error.
+- ansible-test - Improve consistency of output messages by using stdout or stderr for most output, but not both.
+- ansible-test - The ``shell`` command can be used outside a collection if no controller delegation is required.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Add PyYAML >= 5.1 as a dependency of ansible-core to be compatible with Python 3.8+.
+- ansible-config dump - Only display plugin type headers when plugin options are changed if --only-changed is specified.
+- ansible-galaxy - handle unsupported versions of resolvelib gracefully.
+- ansible-test - Fix internal validation of remote completion configuration.
+- ansible-test - Prevent ``--target-`` prefixed options for the ``shell`` command from being combined with legacy environment options.
+- ansible-test - Sanity test output with the ``--lint`` option is no longer mixed in with bootstrapping output.
+- ansible-test - Subprocesses are now isolated from the stdin, stdout and stderr of ansible-test. This avoids issues with subprocesses tampering with the file descriptors, such as SSH making them non-blocking. As a result of this change, subprocess output from unit and integration tests on stderr now go to stdout.
+- ansible-test - Subprocesses no longer have access to the TTY ansible-test is connected to, if any. This maintains consistent behavior between local testing and CI systems, which typically do not provide a TTY. Tests which require a TTY should use pexpect or another mechanism to create a PTY.
+- apt module now correctly handles virtual packages.
+- lookup plugin - catch KeyError when lookup returns dictionary (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77789).
+- pip - fix cases where resolution of pip Python module fails when importlib.util has not already been imported
+- plugin loader - Sort results when fuzzy matching plugin names (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77966).
+- plugin loader will now load config data for plugin by name instead of by file to avoid issues with the same file being loaded under different names (fqcn + short name).
+- psrp connection now handles default to inventory_hostname correctly.
+- winrm connection now handles default to inventory_hostname correctly.
+
+v2.13.0
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-05-16
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- Jinja2 Controller Requirement - Jinja2 3.0.0 or newer is required for the control node (the machine that runs Ansible) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75881)
+- Templating - remove ``safe_eval`` in favor of using ``NativeEnvironment`` but utilizing ``literal_eval`` only in cases when ``safe_eval`` was used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75587)
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Action Plugins - Add helper method for argument spec validation, and extend to pause and async_wrapper
+- Added AIX root CA certs folders - enhance the TLS support in ``uri`` task on AIX
+- Added ``module_utils.compat.typing`` to facilitate type-hinting on all supported Python versions.
+- Ansible.Basic - small changes to allow use in PowerShell modules running on non-Windows platforms (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76924).
+- AnsibleModule.run_command() now has a toggle to allow caller to decide to handle exceptions from executing the command itself
+- Attach concat function to an environment class (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76282)
+- Clarify in a comment that unrolling an iterator in ``Templar._finalize`` is actually necessary. Also switch to using the ``_unroll_iterator`` decorator directly to deduplicate code in ``Templar._finalize``. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76436)
+- Installation - modernize our python installation, to reduce dynamic code in setup.py, and migrate what is feasible to setup.cfg. This will enable shipping wheels in the future.
+- PlayIterator - introduce public methods to access ``PlayIterator._host_states`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74416)
+- PlayIterator - use enums for Iterating and Failed states (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74511)
+- Reduce number of iterations through PlayIterator (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74175)
+- Remove more Python 2.x compatibility code from controller (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77320).
+- Start of moving away from using Six, Python 2 and 3 compatibility library (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75863)
+- The collection loader now reports a Python warning if an attempt is made to install the Ansible collection loader a second time. Previously this condition was reported using an Ansible warning.
+- ``ansible-galaxy collection [install|verify]`` - allow user-provided signature sources in addition to those from the Galaxy server. Each collection entry in a requirements file can specify a ``signatures`` key followed by a list of sources. Collection name(s) provided on the CLI can specify additional signature sources by using the ``--signatures`` CLI option. Signature sources should be URIs that can be opened with ``urllib.request.urlopen()``, such as "https://example.com/path/to/detached_signature.asc" or "file:///path/to/detached_signature.asc". The ``--keyring`` option must be specified if signature sources are provided.
+- ``ansible-galaxy collection [install|verify]`` - use gpg to verify the authenticity of the signed ``MANIFEST.json`` with ASCII armored detached signatures provided by the Galaxy server. The keyring (which is not managed by ``ansible-galaxy``) must be provided with the ``--keyring`` option to use signature verification. If no ``--keyring`` is specified and the collection to ``install|verify`` has associated detached signatures on the Galaxy server, a warning is provided.
+- ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` - Add a global configuration to modify the required number of signatures that must verify the authenticity of the collection. By default, the number of required successful signatures is 1. Set this option to ``all`` to require all signatures verify the collection. To ensure signature verification fails if there are no valid signatures, prepend the value with '+', such as ``+all`` or ``+1``.
+- ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` - Add a global ignore list for gpg signature errors. This can be used to ignore certain signatures when the number of required successful signatures is all. When the required number of successful signatures is a positive integer, the only effect this has is to display fewer errors to the user on failure (success is determined by having the minimum number of successful signatures, in which case all errors are disregarded).
+- ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` - Add a global toggle to turn off GPG signature verification.
+- ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` - Store Galaxy server metadata alongside installed collections for provenance. Signatures obtained from the Galaxy server can be used for offline verification with ``ansible-galaxy collection verify --offline``.
+- ansible-console - Provide a  way to customize the stdout callback
+- ansible-core modules - Remove unused Python shebangs from built-in modules.
+- ansible-doc metadata dump - add option ``--no-fail-on-errors`` which allows to not fail the ansible-doc invocation when errors happen during docs parsing or processing. Instead they are reported in the JSON result in an ``error`` key for the affected plugins (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77035).
+- ansible-galaxy - the option to skip certificate verification now also applies when cloning via SCM (git/hg) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41077)
+- ansible-test - Accept new-style Python modules without a shebang.
+- ansible-test - Add ``--version`` support to show the ansible-core version.
+- ansible-test - Add support for ``rhel/8.5`` remote instances.
+- ansible-test - Add support for remote testing of FreeBSD 12.3.
+- ansible-test - Add support for running container tests with ``podman remote`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75753)
+- ansible-test - Added the ``fedora35`` test container.
+- ansible-test - Change the maximum number of open files in a test container from the default to ``10240``.
+- ansible-test - Declare public dependencies of ansible-core and use to limit unguarded imports in plugins.
+- ansible-test - Importing ``distutils`` now results in an error.
+- ansible-test - Installation of ``cryptography`` is no longer version constrained when ``openssl`` 1.1.0 or later is installed.
+- ansible-test - Miscellaneous code cleanup and type hint fixes.
+- ansible-test - PowerShell in the ``base`` and ``default`` containers has been upgraded to version 7.1.4.
+- ansible-test - Remove RHEL 8.4 remote (``rhel/8.4``) support.
+- ansible-test - Remove ``idna`` constraint.
+- ansible-test - Remove obsolete ``MAXFD`` display.
+- ansible-test - Remove obsolete constraints for Python 2.6.
+- ansible-test - Remove support for FreeBSD 12.2 remote provisioning.
+- ansible-test - Remove support for macOS 11.1 remote provisioning.
+- ansible-test - Remove support for provisioning remote AIX instances.
+- ansible-test - Remove the ``centos8`` test container since CentOS 8 will reach end-of-life soon.
+- ansible-test - Remove the ``fedora33`` test container since Fedora 33 will reach end-of-life soon.
+- ansible-test - Remove unused Python 2.x compatibility code.
+- ansible-test - Removed support for Sherlock from the Azure provisioning plugin.
+- ansible-test - Removed used ``MarkupSafe`` constraint for Python 3.5 and earlier.
+- ansible-test - Requirements for the plugin import test are now frozen.
+- ansible-test - Shellcheck in the ``base`` and ``default`` containers has been upgraded to version 0.7.0.
+- ansible-test - Stop early with an error if the current working directory contains an invalid collection namespace or name.
+- ansible-test - The ``--help`` option is now available when an unsupported cwd is in use.
+- ansible-test - The ``--help`` output now shows the same instructions about cwd as would be shown in error messages if the cwd is unsupported.
+- ansible-test - The ``pip`` and ``wheel`` packages are removed from all sanity test virtual environments after installation completes to reduce their size. Previously they were only removed from the environments used for the ``import`` sanity test.
+- ansible-test - The explanation about cwd usage has been improved to explain more clearly what is required.
+- ansible-test - The hash for all managed sanity test virtual environments has changed. Containers that include ``ansible-test sanity --prime-venvs`` will need to be rebuilt to continue using primed virtual environments.
+- ansible-test - Update ``base`` container to version 2.1.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``base`` container to version 2.2.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.2.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.4.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.5.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.6.2.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.7.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.8.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to version 5.9.0.
+- ansible-test - Update ``pip`` used to bootstrap remote FreeBSD instances from version 20.3.4 to 21.3.1.
+- ansible-test - Update sanity test requirements.
+- ansible-test - Update the NIOS test plugin container to version 1.4.0.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``alpine`` container to version 3.3.0. This updates the base image from 3.14.2 to 3.15.0, which includes support for installing binary wheels using pip.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``base`` and ``default`` containers from Python 3.10.0rc2 to 3.10.0.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``base`` and ``default`` containers from a Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04 base image.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers to version 5.1.0.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``galaxy`` test plugin to get its container from a copy on quay.io.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``openshift`` test plugin to get its container from a copy on quay.io.
+- ansible-test - Use Python 3.10 as the default Python version for the ``base`` and ``default`` containers.
+- ansible-test - add macOS 12.0 as a remote target (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76328)
+- ansible-test - handle JSON decode error gracefully in podman environment.
+- ansible-test pslint - Added the `AvoidLongLines <https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer/blob/master/docs/Rules/AvoidLongLines.md>`_ rule set to a length of 160.
+- ansible-test pslint - Added the `PlaceCloseBrace <https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer/blob/master/docs/Rules/PlaceCloseBrace.md>`_ rule set to enforce close braces on a newline.
+- ansible-test pslint - Added the `PlaceOpenBrace <https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer/blob/master/docs/Rules/PlaceOpenBrace.md>`_ rule set to enforce open braces on the same line and a subsequent newline.
+- ansible-test pslint - Added the `UseConsistentIndentation <https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer/blob/master/docs/Rules/UseConsistentIndentation.md>`_ rule to enforce indentation is done with 4 spaces.
+- ansible-test pslint - Added the `UseConsistentWhitespace <https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer/blob/master/docs/Rules/UseConsistentWhitespace.md>`_ rule to enforce whitespace consistency in PowerShell.
+- ansible-test pslint - Updated ``PowerShellScriptAnalyzer`` to 1.20.0
+- ansible-test sanity validate-modules - the validate-modules sanity test now also checks the documentation of documentable plugin types (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/71734).
+- ansible-test validate-modules sanity test - add more schema checks to improve quality of plugin documentation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77268).
+- ansible-test validate_modules - allow ``choices`` for return values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76009).
+- apt - Add support for using ">=" in package version number matching.
+- apt - Adds APT option ``--allow-change-held-packages`` as module parameter ``allow_change_held_packages`` to allow APT up- or downgrading a package which is on APTs hold list (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65325)
+- auto inventory plugin will now give plugin loading information on verbose output
+- callbacks - Add result serialization format options to ``_dump_results`` allowing plugins such as the ``default`` callback to emit ``YAML`` serialized task results in addition to ``JSON``
+- dnf - add more specific error message for GPG validation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76192)
+- env lookup, add default option
+- facts - report prefix length for IPv4 addresses in Linux network facts.
+- get_parsable_locale now logs result when in debug mode.
+- git - display the destination directory path in error msg when local_mods detects local modifications conflict so that users see the exact location
+- iptables - add the ``chain_management`` parameter that controls iptables chain creation and deletion
+- jinja2_native - keep same behavior on Python 3.10.
+- junit callback - Add support for replacing the directory portion of out-of-tree relative task paths with a placeholder.
+- k8s - scenario guides for kubernetes migrated to ``kubernetes.core`` collection.
+- module_utils.distro - Add missing ``typing`` import from original code.
+- package_facts - add pkg_info support for OpenBSD and NetBSD (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76580)
+- services_facts - Add support for openrc (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76373).
+- setting DEFAULT_FACT_PATH is being deprecated in favor of the generic module_defaults keyword
+- uri - Avoid reading the response body when not needed
+- uri - Eliminate multiple requests to determine the final URL for file naming with ``dest``
+- validate-modules - do some basic validation on the ``M(...)``, ``U(...)``, ``L(..., ...)`` and ``R(..., ...)`` documentation markups (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76262).
+- vmware - migrated vmware scenario guides to `community.vmware` repo.
+- yum, dnf - add sslverify option to temporarily disable certificate validation for a repository
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- Module Python Dependency - Drop support for Python 2.6 in module execution.
+- Templating - it is no longer allowed to perform arithmetic and concatenation operations outside of the jinja template (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75587)
+- The ``finalize`` method is no longer exposed in the globals for use in templating.
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- ansible-core - Remove support for Python 2.6.
+- ansible-test - Remove support for Python 2.6.
+- ssh connection plugin option scp_if_ssh in favor of ssh_transfer_method.
+
+Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+----------------------------------------
+
+- Remove deprecated ``Templar.set_available_variables()`` method (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75828)
+- cli - remove deprecated ability to set verbosity before the sub-command (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75823)
+- copy - remove deprecated ``thirsty`` alias (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75824)
+- psrp - Removed fallback on ``put_file`` with older ``pypsrp`` versions. Users must have at least ``pypsrp>=0.4.0``.
+- url_argument_spec - remove deprecated ``thirsty`` alias for ``get_url`` and ``uri`` modules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75825, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75826)
+
+Security Fixes
+--------------
+
+- Do not include params in exception when a call to ``set_options`` fails. Additionally, block the exception that is returned from being displayed to stdout. (CVE-2021-3620)
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Add a YAML representer for ``NativeJinjaText``
+- Add a YAML representer for ``NativeJinjaUnsafeText``
+- AnsiballZ - Ensure we use the full python package in the module cache filename to avoid a case where ``collections:`` is used to execute a module via short name, where the short name duplicates another module from ``ansible.builtin`` or another collection that was executed previously.
+- Ansible.ModuleUtils.LinkUtil - Ignore the ``LIB`` environment variable when loading the ``LinkUtil`` code
+- Ansible.ModuleUtils.SID - Use user principal name as is for lookup in the ``Convert-ToSID`` function - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77316
+- Detect package manager for Amazon Linux 2022 (AL2022) as dnf
+- Ensure the correct ``environment_class`` is set on ``AnsibleJ2Template``
+- Fix ``AttributeError`` when providing password file via ``--connection-password-file`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76530)
+- Fix ``end_play`` to end the current play only (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76672)
+- Fix collection filter/test plugin redirects (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77192).
+- Fix executing includes in the always section in the free strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75642)
+- Fix for when templating empty template file resulted in file with string 'None' (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76610)
+- Fix help message for the 'ansible-galaxy collection verify' positional argument. The positional argument must be a collection name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76087).
+- Fix module logging issue when using custom module on WSL2 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76320)
+- Fix task debugger to work with ``run_once`` using ``linear`` strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76049)
+- Fix traceback when installing a collection from a git repository and git is not installed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77479).
+- Interpreter Discovery - Fallback to OS family if the distro is not found in ``INTERPRETER_PYTHON_DISTRO_MAP`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75560)
+- Interpreter discovery - Add ``RHEL`` to ``OS_FAMILY_MAP`` for correct family fallback for interpreter discovery (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77368)
+- Make include_role/include_tasks work with any_errors_fatal (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/50897)
+- Parser errors from within includes should not be rescueable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73657)
+- Prevent losing unsafe on results returned from lookups (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77535)
+- Templating - Ensure we catch exceptions when getting ``.filters`` and ``.tests`` attributes on their respective plugins and properly error, instead of aborting which results in no filters being added to the jinja2 environment
+- Trigger an undefined error when an undefined variable is detected within a dictionary and/or list (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75587)
+- _run_loop - Add the task name to the warning (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76011)
+- ``Templar.copy_with_new_env`` - set the ``finalize`` method of the new ``Templar`` object for the new environment (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76379)
+- add_host/group_by: fix using changed_when in a loop (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71627)
+- ansible - Exclude Python 2.6 from Python interpreter discovery.
+- ansible-config avoid showing _terms and _input when --only-changed.
+- ansible-doc - Fix ansible-doc -l ansible.builtin / ansible.legacy not returning anything
+- ansible-doc - ignore plugin deprecation warnings (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75671)
+- ansible-galaxy - Add galaxy_collection_skeleton/galaxy_collection_skeleton_ignore configuration options
+- ansible-galaxy - Fix using the '--ignore-certs' option when there is no server-specific configuration for the Galaxy server.
+- ansible-galaxy - installing/downloading collections with invalid versions in git repositories and directories now gives a formatted error message (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76425, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75404).
+- ansible-galaxy - when installing a role properly raise an error when inaccessible path is specified multiple times in roles_path (e.g. via environment variable and command line option) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76316)
+- ansible-galaxy collection build - Ignore any existing ``MANIFEST.json`` and ``FILES.json`` in the root directory when building a collection.
+- ansible-galaxy collection verify - display files/directories not included in the FILES.json as modified content.
+- ansible-galaxy publish - Fix warning and error detection in import messages to properly display them in Ansible
+- ansible-pull handle case where hostname and nodename are empty
+- ansible-test - Add default entry for Windows remotes to be used with unknown versions.
+- ansible-test - All virtual environments managed by ansible-test are marked as usable after being bootstrapped, to avoid errors caused by use of incomplete environments. Previously this was only done for sanity tests. Existing environments from previous versions of ansible-test will be recreated on demand due to lacking the new marker.
+- ansible-test - Automatic target requirements installation is now based on the target environment instead of the controller environment.
+- ansible-test - Correctly detect when running as the ``root`` user (UID 0) on the origin host. The result of the detection was incorrectly being inverted.
+- ansible-test - Don't fail if network cannot be disconnected (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77472)
+- ansible-test - Fix Python real prefix detection when running in a ``venv`` virtual environment.
+- ansible-test - Fix ``windows-integration`` and ``network-integration`` when used with the ``--docker`` option and user-provided inventory.
+- ansible-test - Fix installation and usage of ``pyyaml`` requirement for the ``import`` sanity test for collections.
+- ansible-test - Fix path to inventory file for ``windows-integration`` and ``network-integration`` commands for collections.
+- ansible-test - Fix plugin loading.
+- ansible-test - Fix skipping of tests marked ``needs/python`` on the origin host.
+- ansible-test - Fix skipping of tests marked ``needs/root`` on the origin host.
+- ansible-test - Fix the ``import`` sanity test to work properly when Ansible's built-in vendoring support is in use.
+- ansible-test - Fix the ``validate-modules`` sanity test to avoid double-loading the collection loader and possibly failing on import of the ``packaging`` module.
+- ansible-test - Fix traceback in ``import`` sanity test on Python 2.7 when ``pip`` is not available.
+- ansible-test - Fix traceback in the ``validate-modules`` sanity test when testing an Ansible module without any callables.
+- ansible-test - Fix traceback when running from an install and delegating execution to a different Python interpreter.
+- ansible-test - Fix traceback when using the ``--all`` option with PowerShell code coverage.
+- ansible-test - Fix type hints.
+- ansible-test - Import ``yaml.cyaml.CParser`` instead of ``_yaml.CParser`` in the ``yamllint`` sanity test.
+- ansible-test - Limit ``paramiko`` installation to versions before 2.9.0. This is required to maintain support for systems which do not support RSA SHA-2 algorithms.
+- ansible-test - Pylint Deprecated Plugin - Use correct message symbols when date or version is not a float or str (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77085)
+- ansible-test - Relocate constants to eliminate symlink.
+- ansible-test - Replace the directory portion of out-of-tree paths in JUnit files from integration tests with the ``out-of-tree:`` prefix.
+- ansible-test - Sanity tests run with the ``--requirements` option for Python 2.x now install ``virtualenv`` when it is missing or too old. Previously it was only installed if missing. Version 16.7.12 is now installed instead of the latest version.
+- ansible-test - Set the ``pytest`` option ``--rootdir`` instead of letting it be auto-detected.
+- ansible-test - Show an error message instead of a traceback when running outside of a supported directory.
+- ansible-test - Target integration test requirements are now correctly installed for target environments running on the controller.
+- ansible-test - The ``import`` sanity test no longer reports errors about ``packaging`` being missing when testing collections.
+- ansible-test - Update distribution test containers to version 3.1.0.
+- ansible-test - Update help links to reference ``ansible-core`` instead of ``ansible``.
+- ansible-test - Update unit tests to use the ``--forked`` option instead of the deprecated ``--boxed`` option.
+- ansible-test - Use https://ci-files.testing.ansible.com/ for instance bootstrapping instead of an S3 endpoint.
+- ansible-test - Use relative paths in JUnit files generated during integration test runs.
+- ansible-test - Use the correct variable to reference the client's SSH key when generating inventory.
+- ansible-test - Use the legacy collection loader for ``import`` sanity tests on target-only Python versions.
+- ansible-test - Virtual environments managed by ansible-test now use consistent versions of ``pip``, ``setuptools`` and ``wheel``. This avoids issues with virtual environments containing outdated or dysfunctional versions of these tools. The initial bootstrapping of ``pip`` is done by ansible-test from an HTTPS endpoint instead of creating the virtual environment with it already present.
+- ansible-test - fix a typo in validate-modules.
+- ansible-test - fixed support container failures (eg http-test-container) under podman
+- ansible-test compile sanity test - do not crash if a column could not be determined for an error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77465).
+- ansible-test pslint - Fix error when encountering validation results that are highly nested - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74151
+- ansible-vault encrypt_string - fix ``--output`` option to correctly write encrypted string into given file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75101)
+- ansible.builtin.file modification_time supports check_mode
+- ansible_facts.devices - Fix parsing of device serial number detected via sg_inq for rhel8 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75420)
+- apt - fails to deploy deb file to old debian systems using python-apt < 0.8.9 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47277)
+- arg_spec - Fix incorrect ``no_log`` warning when a parameter alias is used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77576)
+- async - Improve performance of sending async callback events by never sending the full task through the queue (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76729)
+- catch the case that cowsay is broken which would lead to missing output
+- cleaning facts will now only warn about the variable name and not post the content, which can be undesireable to disclose
+- collection_loader - Implement 'find_spec' and 'exec_module' to override deprecated importlib methods 'find_module' and 'load_module' when applicable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74660).
+- correctly inherit vars from parent in block (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75286).
+- default callback - Ensure we compare FQCN also in lockstep logic, to ensure using the FQCN of a strategy plugin triggers the correct behavior in the default callback plugin. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76782)
+- distribution - add EuroLinux to fact gathering (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76624).
+- distribution - detect tencentos and gather correct facts on the distro.
+- dnf - ensure releasever is passed into libdnf as string (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77010)
+- extend timeout for ansible-galaxy when communicating with the galaxy server api, and apply it to all interactions with the api
+- facts - add support for deepin distro information detection (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77286).
+- first_found - fix to allow for spaces in file names (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77136)
+- gather_facts - Fact gathering now continues even if it fails to read a file
+- gather_facts action now handles the move of base connection plugin types into collections to add/prevent subset argument correctly
+- gather_facts/setup will not fail anymore if capsh is present but not executable
+- git module fix docs and proper use of ssh wrapper script and GIT_SSH_COMMAND depending on version.
+- git module is more consistent and clearer about which ssh options are added to git calls.
+- git module no longer uses wrapper script for ssh options.
+- hacking - fix incorrect usage of deprecated fish-shell redirection operators that failed to honor ``--quiet`` flag when sourced (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77180).
+- hostname - Do not require SystemdStrategy subclasses for every distro (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76792)
+- hostname - Fix Debian strategy KeyError, use `SystemdStrategy` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76124)
+- hostname - Update the systemd strategy in the ``hostname`` module to not interfere with NetworkManager (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76958)
+- hostname - add hostname support for openEuler distro (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/76619).
+- hostname - use ``file_get_content()`` to read the file containing the host name in the ``FileStrategy.get_permanent_hostname()`` method. This prevents a ``TypeError`` from being raised when the strategy is used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77025).
+- include_vars, properly initialize variable as there is corner case in which it can end up referenced and not defined
+- inventory - parameterize ``disable_lookups`` in ``Constructable`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76769).
+- inventory manager now respects --flush-cache
+- junit callback - Fix traceback during automatic fact gathering when using relative paths.
+- junit callback - Fix unicode error when handling non-ASCII task paths.
+- module_utils.common.yaml - The ``SafeLoader``, ``SafeDumper`` and ``Parser`` classes now fallback to ``object`` when ``yaml`` is not available. This fixes tracebacks when inheriting from these classes without requiring a ``HAS_YAML`` guard around class definitions.
+- parameters - handle blank values when argument is a list (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77108).
+- play_context now compensates for when a conneciton sets the default to inventory_hostname but skips adding it to the vars.
+- playbook/strategy have more informative 'attribute' based errors for playbook objects and handlers.
+- python modules (new type) will now again prefer the specific python stated in the module's shebang instead of hardcoding to /usr/bin/python.
+- replace - Always return ``rc`` to ensure return values are consistent - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/71963
+- script - skip in check mode if the plugin cannot determine if a change will occur (i.e. neither `creates` or `removes` are provided).
+- service - Fixed handling of sleep arguments during service restarts on AIX. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76877)
+- service - Fixed service restarts with arguments on AIX. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76840)
+- service_facts module will now give more meaningful warnings when it fails to gather data.
+- set_fact/include_vars correctly handle delegation assignments within loops
+- setup - detect docker container with check for ./dockerenv or ./dockinit (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74349).
+- shell/command - only return changed as True if the task has not been skipped.
+- shell/command - only skip in check mode if the options `creates` and `removes` are both None.
+- ssh connection - properly quote controlpersist path given by user to avoid issues with spaces and other characters
+- ssh connection avoid parsing ssh cli debug lines as they can match expected output at high verbosities.
+- ssh connection now uses more correct host source as play_context can ignore loop/delegation variations.
+- sudo become plugin, fix handling of non interactive flags, previous substitution was too naive
+- systemd - check if service is alias so it gets enabled (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75538).
+- systemd - check if service is indirect so it gets enabled (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76453).
+- task_executor reverts the change to push facts into delegated vars on loop finalization as result managing code already handles this and was duplicating effort to wrong result.
+- template lookup - restore inadvertently deleted default for ``convert_data`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77004)
+- to_json/to_nice_json filters defaults back to unvaulting/no unsafe packing.
+- unarchive - Fix zip archive file listing that caused issues with content postprocessing (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76067).
+- unarchive - Make extraction work when the LANGUAGE environment variable is set to a non-English locale.
+- unarchive - apply ``owner`` and ``group`` permissions to top folder (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/35426)
+- unarchive - include the original error when a handler cannot manage the archive (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/28977).
+- unarchive - the ``io_buffer_size`` option added in 2.12 was not accepted by the module (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77271).
+- urls - Allow ``ca_path`` to point to a bundle containing multiple PEM certs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75015)
+- urls/uri - Address case where ``HTTPError`` isn't fully initialized due to the error, and is missing certain methods and attributes (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76386)
+- user - allow ``password_expiry_min`` and ``password_expiry_min`` to be set to ``0`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75017)
+- user - allow password min and max to be set at the same time (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75017)
+- user - update logic to check if user exists or not in MacOS.
+- validate_argument_spec - Skip suboption validation if the top level option is an invalid type (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75612).
+- variablemanager, more efficient read of vars files
+- vault - Warn instead of fail for missing vault IDs if at least one valid vault secret is found.
+- winrm - Ensure ``kinit`` is run with the same ``PATH`` env var as the Ansible process
+- yum - prevent storing unnecessary cache data by running `yum makecache fast` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76336)
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+- get_url - document ``check_mode`` correctly with unreliable changed status (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65687).

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 ---
-title: Ansible Base
+title: ansible-core
 release_tag_re: '(v(?:[\d.ab\-]|rc)+)'
 pre_release_tag_re: '(?P<pre_release>(?:[ab]|rc)+\d*)$'
 changes_file: changelog.yaml
 changes_format: combined
 keep_fragments: true
 always_refresh: true
+ignore_other_fragment_extensions: true
 mention_ancestor: false
 notesdir: fragments
 prelude_section_name: release_summary

changelogs/fragments/ 75876-fix-parsing-of-device-serial-number-for-rhel-8.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible_facts.devices - Fix parsing of device serial number detected via sg_inq for rhel8 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75420)

changelogs/fragments/21003-uri-return-content.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- uri - Don't return the body even if it failed
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/21003)

changelogs/fragments/34722-ssh-sshpass-prompt-variable.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- ssh - connection plugin now supports a new variable ``sshpass_prompt`` which gets passed to ``sshpass`` allowing the user to set a custom substring to search for a password prompt (requires sshpass 1.06+)

changelogs/fragments/47050-copy_ensure-_original_basename-is-set.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - copy - Fixed copy module not working in case that remote_src is enabled and dest ends in a / (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47238)

changelogs/fragments/47277-fails-to-deploy-deb-when-has-no-architecture-attribute.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - apt - fails to deploy deb file to old debian systems using python-apt < 0.8.9 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47277)

changelogs/fragments/50771-uri-improvements.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+- uri - Eliminate multiple requests to determine the final URL for file naming with ``dest``
+- uri - Avoid reading the response body when not needed

changelogs/fragments/50897-include_role-any_errors_fatal.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Make include_role/include_tasks work with any_errors_fatal (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/50897)

changelogs/fragments/51489-apt-not-honor-update-cache.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-- apt - Fixed the issue the cache being updated while auto-installing its
-  dependencies even when ``update_cache`` is set to false.

changelogs/fragments/54095-import_tasks-fix_no_task.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- Raise error when no task file is provided to import_tasks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54095).

changelogs/fragments/56629-synchronize-password-auth.yaml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - synchronize - fix password authentication on Python 2 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56629)
-  - >
-    AnsibleModule.run_command() - set ``close_fds`` to ``False`` on Python 2 if ``pass_fds`` are passed to
-    ``run_command()``. Since ``subprocess.Popen()`` on Python 2 does not have the ``pass_fds`` option,
-    there is no way to exclude a specific list of file descriptors from being closed.

changelogs/fragments/56832-remove-aptitude-warning.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Remove the unnecessary warning about aptitude not being installed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56832).

changelogs/fragments/57266-apt_repository-update-cache-retrying.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - apt_repository - Implemented an exponential backoff behaviour when retrying to update the apt cache with new params ``update_cache_retry_max_delay`` and ``update_cache_retries`` to control the behavior.

changelogs/fragments/57779-module_defaults_groups_catchup_gcp.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - Add missing gcp modules to gcp module defaults group

changelogs/fragments/57894-combine-filter-rework.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- combine filter - ``[dict1, [dict2]] | combine`` now raise an error; previously ``combine`` had an undocumented behaviour where it was flattening the list before combining it (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57894#discussion_r339517518).
-minor_changes:
-- combine filter - now accept a ``list_merge`` argument which modifies its behaviour when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.

changelogs/fragments/58323-copy-deep-recursive-with-remote_src.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- copy - recursive copy with ``remote_src=yes`` now recurses beyond first level. (Fixes https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58284)

changelogs/fragments/58632-uri-include_use_proxy.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - uri - properly use uri parameter use_proxy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58632)

changelogs/fragments/59060-validate-modules-aliases.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- "ansible-test - during module validation, improve alias handling."
-- "ansible-test - during module validation, handle add_file_common_args only for top-level arguments."
-minor_changes:
-- "ansible-test - extend alias validation."

changelogs/fragments/59438-hostname-use-hostnamectl.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-    - Use hostnamectl command to get current hostname for host while using systemd strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59438).

changelogs/fragments/59464-playbook-dir-envvar.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- CLI - the `ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK_DIR` envvar or `playbook_dir` config can now substitute for the --playbook-dir arg on CLIs that support it (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59464)

changelogs/fragments/59765-cron-cronvar-use-get-bin-path.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - cron and cronvar - use get_bin_path utility to locate the default crontab executable instead of the hardcoded /usr/bin/crontab. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59765)

changelogs/fragments/59772-fix_ansible_issue_58619.yaml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - >
-     group - The group module was not correctly detecting whether a local
-     group is existing or not with local set to yes if the same group
-     exists in a non local group repository e.g. LDAP. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58619)

changelogs/fragments/60106-templar-contextmanager.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- template lookup - ensure changes to the templar in the lookup, do not
-  affect the templar context outside of the lookup
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/60106)

changelogs/fragments/60527-apt_exponential_backoff_cache_update_retry.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - apt - Implemented an exponential backoff behaviour when retrying to update the cache with new params ``update_cache_retry_max_delay`` and ``update_cache_retries`` to control the behavior.

changelogs/fragments/60587-doc_parsing.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Handle exception encountered while parsing the argument description in module when invoked via ansible-doc command (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/60587).

changelogs/fragments/60595-systemd_import.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- Add an additional check for importing journal from systemd-python module (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/60595).

changelogs/fragments/61078-vars-plugin-whitelist-and-execution-settings.yaml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - vars plugins - Support vars plugins in collections by adding the ability to whitelist plugins.
-  - host_group_vars plugin - Require whitelisting and whitelist by default.
-  - Add a global toggle to control when vars plugins are executed (per task by default for backward compatibility or after importing inventory).
-  - Add a per-plugin stage option to override the global toggle to control the execution of individual vars plugins (per task, after inventory, or both).

changelogs/fragments/61604-ansible-inventory-hide-args.yaml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- ansible-inventory - Properly hide arguments that should not be shown
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61604)
-- ansible-inventory - Restore functionality to allow ``--graph`` to be limited by a host pattern

changelogs/fragments/61624-fix-galaxy-url-building.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix url building to not truncate the URL (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61624)

changelogs/fragments/61659-load_file_common_arguments-override-path.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- "``AnsibleModule.load_file_common_arguments`` now allows to simply override ``path``."

changelogs/fragments/61889-change-transform_invalid_group_chars-default.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - Remove the deprecation message for the ``TRANSFORM_INVALID_GROUP_CHARS`` setting. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61889)

changelogs/fragments/61891-get_url-remove-deprecated-string-headers.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - get_url - Remove deprecated string format support for the headers option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61891)

changelogs/fragments/61978-get-url-no-checksum.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- get_url - Don't treat no checksum as a checksum match
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61978)

changelogs/fragments/62096-test-coverage-all.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- ansible-test coverage - Fix the ``--all`` argument when generating coverage reports - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62096

changelogs/fragments/62134-user-allow-groups-and-append-with-local.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- - user - allow groups, append parameters with local

changelogs/fragments/62237-keep-unsafe-context.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-security_fixes:
-- >
-  **security issue** - TaskExecutor - Ensure we don't erase unsafe context in TaskExecutor.run on bytes.
-  Only present in 2.9.0beta1
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62237)

changelogs/fragments/62407-wait_for_connection.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- Remove a temp directory created by wait_for_connection action plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62407).

changelogs/fragments/62582-allow_diff_before_after_to_be_None.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - callbacks - Allow modules to return `None` as before/after entries for diff.
-    This should make it easier for modules to report the "not existing" state of
-    the entity they touched.

changelogs/fragments/62598-AnsibleDumper-representer.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - AnsibleDumper - Add a representer for AnsibleUnsafeBytes (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62562).

changelogs/fragments/62713-add-path_join-filter.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - core filters - Adding ``path_join`` filter to the core filters list

changelogs/fragments/62766-package_facts-pkg-manager-fix-vital-value.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "package_facts - fix value of ``vital`` attribute which is returned when ``pkg`` manager is used"

changelogs/fragments/62809-dnf-wildcard-absent-failure.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - dnf - Properly handle idempotent transactions with package name wildcard globs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62809)

changelogs/fragments/62870-collection-install-default-path.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- ansible-galaxy - Default collection install path to first path in COLLECTIONS_PATHS (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62870)

changelogs/fragments/63194-lineinfile_insertafter_duplicate.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- lineinfile - fix bug that caused multiple line insertions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58923).

changelogs/fragments/63551-yum-single-YumBase-instantiation.yaml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - yum - performance bugfix, the YumBase object was being  instantiated
-    multiple times unnecessarily, which lead to considerable overhead when
-    operating against large sets of packages.

changelogs/fragments/63628-ansible-galaxy-fix-version.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- "ansible-galaxy cli - fixed ``--version`` argument"

changelogs/fragments/63683-dnf-handle-empty-appstream-stream.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - dnf - Properly handle module AppStreams that don't define stream (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63683)

changelogs/fragments/63782-add-ansible-ask-vault-password-and-vault-password-file-options.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- Add --ask-vault-password and --vault-pass-file options to ansible cli commands
-- Change order of arguments in ansible cli to use --ask-vault-password and --vault-password-file by default

changelogs/fragments/63919-lineinfile-create-no-dir-path.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
- - "lineinfile - don't attempt mkdirs when path doesn't contain directory path"

changelogs/fragments/63940-template-lookup-hostvars-regression.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - template lookup - fix regression when templating hostvars (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63940)

changelogs/fragments/63988-removes-python_compat_fallback.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - code - removes some Python compatibility code for dealing with socket timeouts in ``wait_for``

changelogs/fragments/63990-replace-deprecated-basic-functions.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - replace use of deprecated functions from ``ansible.module_utils.basic``.

changelogs/fragments/64057-Add_named_parameter_to_the_to_uuid_filter.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - to_uuid - add a named parameter to let the user optionally set a custom namespace

changelogs/fragments/64076-urls-timeout-parameter.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - core - remove unneeded Python version checks.

changelogs/fragments/64088-ast-literal.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - core - replace a compatibility import of pycompat24.literal_eval with ast.literal_eval.

changelogs/fragments/64151-remove-unsed-inventory-script-option.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - script inventory plugin - The 'cache' option is deprecated and will be removed in 2.12. Its use has been removed from the plugin since it has never had any effect.

changelogs/fragments/64282-hostvarsvars-templating.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - HostVarsVars - Template the __repr__ value (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64128).

changelogs/fragments/64379-no-loop-unsafe.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- loops - Do not indiscriminately mark loop items as unsafe, only apply unsafe
-  to ``with_`` style loops. The items from ``loop`` should not be explicitly
-  wrapped in unsafe. The underlying templating mechanism should dictate this.
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64379)

changelogs/fragments/64424-ansible-test-acme-container.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- "ansible-test - bump version of ACME test container. The new version includes updated dependencies."

changelogs/fragments/64664-fix-sys-modules-file.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- module executor - Address issue where changes to Ansiballz module code, change the behavior
-  of module execution as it pertains to ``__file__`` and ``sys.modules``
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64664)

changelogs/fragments/64733-make-no_log-false-override-no_log-warnings.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "make ``no_log=False`` on a module option silence the ``no_log`` warning (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/49465 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64656)"

changelogs/fragments/64751-fix-wrong-promt-len-calc-in-ansible-console.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - fix wrong command line length calculation in ``ansible-console`` when long command inputted